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Believe it or not, Windows 10 comes with OCR capabilities out of the box. It’s actually very easy to use as well; admittedly, it’s not the most sensitive in the world – but it does basically work. Here’s how you would scan in a bitmap image and recognise characters:

Like I said – not the most sensitive recognition in the world, but still, it’s there in Windows 10! What’s remarkable is that I only found it by accident – another example of Microsoft marketing missing a huge opportunity.